Author: Luis Alberto Urrea

Quotes

The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.

The situation was kind of complicated in that my mother didn't speak Spanish. My father spoke English, you know, as best he could.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

Poetry is how I feed the soul, and it's how I fire the furnace of writing.

Poetry is how I feed the soul, and it's how I fire the furnace of writing.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.

Writing went from being a calling to being a job. Business ruined things. It became like making sausages in a sausage factory.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

I often say poetry was my first love.

I often say poetry was my first love.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.

I have often said I come from a family of unreliable narrators. I tend to believe their struggles with racism, identity, nationality do dovetail with my motivation to write.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

I was torn between the Americanness my mom wanted for me and the Mexicanness my father wanted - they were wrestling for cultural influence over me.

I was torn between the Americanness my mom wanted for me and the Mexicanness my father wanted - they were wrestling for cultural influence over me.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

To me, writing is prayer. I pray all the time.

To me, writing is prayer. I pray all the time.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

I read most often in bed as part of my attempted sleep ritual. But I spend a lot of time reading on planes and in hotels, too.

I read most often in bed as part of my attempted sleep ritual. But I spend a lot of time reading on planes and in hotels, too.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

I don't like being angry all the time; it's not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.

I don't like being angry all the time; it's not good for me. I have to have serenity or else go to war.

- Luis Alberto Urrea

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